Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category

My Thoughts on Ohio State Versus Michigan

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

Rather than clutter the comment thread on my previous post, I decided to write my thoughts about yesterday's college football game between Ohio State and Michigan here in a new post. While the game was indeed a good one, I thought it was too sloppy to be considered one of the ...

Ohio State Versus Michigan

Friday, November 17th, 2006

Since just about everyone has preordained this game as the greatest game in college football history, I might as well offer my own pick before the action commences tomorrow. To make it short and sweet, I'll take Ohio State, 27-17. Why is everyone so nuts about this game? Yes, it's number ...

Prepared to Eat Crow

Friday, October 27th, 2006

My World Series prediction went down the tubes this week. Maybe I should have paid more attention to my own advice: I get very leery when picks are this seemingly unanimous. Remember when everyone thought Miami was going to destroy Ohio State in the 2002 Fiesta Bowl? Remember how Texas probably ...

Can The Cards Take a Game From The Tigers?

Friday, October 20th, 2006

The St. Louis Cardinals beat the New York Mets last night in game seven of the National League Championship Series and now move on to face the Detroit Tigers in the World Series. The often asked question this morning appears to be "Can the Cards take a game from the ...

Yesterday Was a Good Day for Sports

Sunday, October 8th, 2006

The first bit of sports I enjoyed yesterday was the annual Texas-Oklahoma Red River Rivalry football game. Texas won that game my first year in school, and they proceeded to lose my last three years. And two more years after that. Last year, we ended our five year losing streak ...

Ohio State is the Best Team in the Country

Sunday, October 1st, 2006

I don't think there's much of an argument to be made about whether Ohio State is the best college football team in the country right now: they are. I watched most of the Ohio State-Iowa game, and Ohio State just dominated from the get go. That running back combination of ...